A workplace answer can reveal a profession, a daily routine and an entire life beyond the simple question Gde radiš?

In the verb conjugation series of videos, I just published a new video with a lot of examples how to use the verb TO WORK = raditi in the Present Tense.




Useful Vocabulary


In this lesson we are practising the verb TO WORK in = raditi u ...

1. raditi = to work
2. škola = school
3. bolnica = hospital
4. prodavnica = shop
5. muzej = museum
6. pozorište = theatre
7. lekar = (medical) doctor
8. medicinska sestra = nurse

RADIM - RADIŠ - RADI // RADIMO - RADITE - RADE

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Five sentences about work

Latin scriptCyrillic scriptEnglish
Radim u jednoj maloj firmi.Радим у једној малој фирми.I work in a small company.
Gde radiš, u školi ili u bolnici?Где радиш, у школи или у болници?Where do you work, in a school or in a hospital?
Ona radi od kuće tri dana nedeljno.Она ради од куће три дана недељно.She works from home three days a week.
Moj muž radi u pekari.Мој муж ради у пекари.My husband works in a bakery.
Radimo od devet do pet.Радимо од девет до пет.We work from nine to five.

Listen for the question before you answer it

Treat Where do You Work? as spoken language before analysing it on the page. Read or play the original once for the main message, return for the key forms, and finish by producing one sentence without looking.

raditi and the places you work

Serbian present-tense verbs change for person and number. Find the stem, notice the ending set, and practise affirmative, negative and question forms in situations you might genuinely describe. In this particular lesson, use that principle to interpret the examples connected with Where do You Work?.

Describe your own job

Select the sentence closest to your life and make it true for you. Add a reason or time expression, ask another person a related question, and answer it without reading. For this post, keep your final version connected with the situation in Where do You Work?.

Alternate scripts from row to row instead of treating Cyrillic as an optional extra. The aim is one Serbian sentence, one pronunciation and two equally readable written forms. Apply that script strategy to the vocabulary in Where do You Work?.

Check your Serbian: Where do You Work?

Reconstruct these examples from the English prompts. Mark any corrected ending or letter when you compare your Latin and Cyrillic answers with the key. Keep every answer connected with Where do You Work?.

  1. I am not going into town today.
  2. Do you work on Saturdays?
  3. In the evening we read and listen to music.
  4. My brother lives near the river.
  5. The students understand the question well.

Answers for the work questions

  1. Ne idem danas u grad.
    Не идем данас у град.
  2. Da li radiš subotom?
    Да ли радиш суботом?
  3. Uveče čitamo i slušamo muziku.
    Увече читамо и слушамо музику.
  4. Moj brat živi blizu reke.
    Мој брат живи близу реке.
  5. Učenici dobro razumeju pitanje.
    Ученици добро разумеју питање.